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Historian and a specialist in conflict resolution, Professor Gebru Tareke says he fears Ethiopia’s foundation that was laid 122 years ago in the aftermath of the Adwa victory against an invading Italin army could be crumbling, speaking in connection with…

Awash International Bank S.C. (AIB), one of the biggest private commercial banks in Ethiopia, found itself on the wrong side of the fence with accusation of unpaid bill. A lawsuit was brought at the Federal Higher Court by Giga Construction…

Effort began to resolve the Somali regional and Oromia dispute and political crisis using traditional problem-solving methods and customary negotiations, Ethiopia Observer has learnt. Led by Getahun Hussein, Chairperson of the Public Consultative Forum of Ethiopia on Peace Development and…

Ethiopian security forces opened fire on civilians at a market in Dembi Dolo, a town 450 kilometres south-west of Addis Ababa, of Oromia Regional State on Saturday, February 24. One person died and multiple people were injured, the Voice of…

An agricultural investor in Gambella was arrested for protesting the invasion and occupation of his farm land by refugees arriving from South Sudan, fleeing conflict. Adege Nigussie has been growing cotton and oil foods in Gambella’s Itang zone since 2010…

A staff in Afar region’s Samara University, Rashid Salih has been missing for the last three months, his son claimed. Speaking to the Voice of America’s Amharic service, Jamal Rashid said that his father vanished on his return from Djibouti…

Hundreds of people have been arrested in Gondar town following the “illegal” three-day stay-home strike which was held this past week, just days after the declaration of a national state of emergency. More than 300 people have been arrested, according…

The just resigned Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn is likely to emerge on the Ethiopian political stage in another role. He is being lined up for a role of foreign minister, Ethiopia Observer learnt from diplomatic sources. “Some professional diplomats…

Ethiopian students who are in government scholarship in Turkey have not been paid their monthly stipends for the past four months, amid the fear that their studies might be disrupted. The students, drawn from staff of Mizan Aman, Arsi, Debre…

Gedu Andargachew has won reelection as the president of the Amhara National Regional State for a third consecutive time, despite earlier reports that he would not continue. He was appointed to the post in 2013, succeeding Ayalew Gobeze who took…